Kshamapana, Kṣamāpana: 5 definitions
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Kshamapana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kṣamāpana can be transliterated into English as Ksamapana or Kshamapana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṣamāpana (क्षमापन).—n S Pacifying, appeasing, softening, composing and reconciliating.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣamāpana (क्षमापन).—Begging pardon. क्षमापनैश्च सा देवी प्रसन्नवदनाम्बुजा (kṣamāpanaiśca sā devī prasannavadanāmbujā) Parṇāl.4.47.
Derivable forms: kṣamāpanam (क्षमापनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKṣamāpaṇa (क्षमापण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Śatapathasaṃhitā. L.. 60.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣamāpaṇa (क्षमापण):—[from kṣam] n. the begging pardon, [Bhāminī-vilāsa]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣamāpaṇa (ಕ್ಷಮಾಪಣ):—[noun] = ಕ್ಷಮಾಪಣೆ [kshamapane].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Jivarashikshamapana.
Full-text: Shivaparadhakshamapanastotra, Devyaparadhakshamapanastotra, Rajya.
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